No More Pain

Life well lived must end. It's a kindness.

Changing colors strike summer’s tresses

Shifting glimpses of love past and gone

Rummy eyes blink to see more clearly

Are you there on the other side?

‘One more pain before I die.’

 

Heartbreaks past but not forgotten

The youthful lies, fresh on these lips,

Slow is the step of the broken lover,

One more step to the other side.

‘One more pain before I die.’

 

Probing desires, flood conscious cravings

Wishes formed, relief from time

As the ‘old drunk’ stumbles, tripping

Questing the path to the other side

‘One more pain before I die.’

 

Past memories, fresh in his ears

Youth doesn’t understand, the tears

He feels their pains to come, knowing

They follow his steps to the other side

‘One more pain before I die.’

 

“Party for me. No tears.” He croaked

“Celebrate me, my living, I knew love,”

“I felt great joy, and pains magnificent,”

Testaments of the journey to the other side 

“No more pain,     for I am home.”